Green grabs Rosebery glory

Classic potential was unveiled as Kempton opened the turf Flat season for the first time in 16 years today but it was Paul Webber, more familiar as a jumps trainer, who took away the biggest prize.

The Banbury trainer described Kew Green’s narrow victory in the Coral Rosebery Stakes as his “second-best” victory on the Flat after watching Dane O’Neill’s mount collar St Andrews in the final strides to land the £29,000 first prize by a head.